Future Financial Planning for People with Disabilities - Part 3

The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities (NLCDD) at the University of Delaware has published a new ...

Future Financial Planning for People with Disabilities – Part 2

A prior Independent Life article (Part 1) summarizes key elements of a new National Study (Study) titled “Future Financial ...

Factoring Problems and Solutions – Part 2

When the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) supported enactment of IRC Section 5891 as part of the Victims ...

Factoring Problems and Solutions – Part 1

The National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA), of which this writer is a member, has scheduled a virtual 2021 Fall ...

Periodic Payments After Settlement

When Congress passed the Periodic Payment Act of 1982, the stated intent was to provide a secure and steady flow of periodic ...

Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments Release 70

Since it was first published in 1986, "Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments" , has provided structured ...

CMS WCMSA Reference Guide Version 3.3

When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the most recent Version 3.3 of its Workers Compensation ...

Settlement Planning

Let's Talk About: Judges, Mediators and Settlement Planning

Judges and mediators play important, but distinctive, roles in settlement planning. So it may have surprised some attendees that ...

Let's Talk About: A Definition for Settlement Planning

If you market yourself as a “settlement planner”, or even consider yourself a “settlement planner”, how do you define “settlement ...

Knowledge Network

Let's Talk About: Approved Lists, Rated Age and Beneficiary Protection

During its three-day 2021 Annual Conference in late February, the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) hosted 20 separate virtual ...

Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments Release 69

Because settlements represent voluntary agreements, neither plaintiffs nor defendants can be forced to participate in a ...

Industry News

Let's Talk About Factoring

Continuing a series of articles previewing selected topics at the upcoming Society of Settlement Planners’ (SSP’s) virtual 2021 ...

Industry News

Let’s Talk About: Mass Torts and Structured Settlements

Upon reviewing the agenda for the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) 2021 Annual Conference there is one session that falls ...

Industry News

Let's Talk About: Suitability and Settlement Planning

The Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) will host its virtual 2021 Annual Conference for February 23-25 and has already ...

Industry News

New Blog Series: Let's Talk About...

Conference season, albeit virtual, has officially kicked off with both the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) and the National ...

Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments Book Release 68

Since it was first published in 1986, "Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments" (S2P2J), has provided structured ...

Industry News

Book Review: The Art of Settlement

Although the personal injury settlement planning profession now offers plaintiff attorneys, and its own members, an increasing ...

Legs & Regs

Allocating Damages to Avoid IRC 6662 Penalties

When a person recovers money for a tort injury committed by another person, an historic source of exclusion of that recovery from ...

Webinar

SSP Webinar Review: Qualified Settlement Funds

Since it was founded in 2000, the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) has consistently offered its expanding membership high ...

Attorney Resources

Revisiting the Grillo Case

The Christina Grillo medical malpractice case reached a $2,500,000 settlement in Texas in 1990 – thirty years ago. Why is the ...

Knowledge Network

Structured Settlements for Minors

When a personal injury case involves a minor, structured settlements are frequently considered the best choice for a settlement ...

Industry News

The Gargan Case: Is the U.S. Government a Victim or a Perpetrator?

The United States Department of Justice announced last week that Joseph E. Gargan, a scion of the Kennedy family and former Chief ...

Structured Settlements

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Structured Settlement Market

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the structured settlement market to date and what impact will it have in the future?

Structured Settlements

A Settlement Planning "Commencement"

During the past month, despite the cancellation of almost all in-person graduation ceremonies, the internet has been filled with ...

Knowledge Network

Industry Education and Technology

None of the 2019 educational conferences sponsored by the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) included any ...

Knowledge Network

Industry Education and Ethics

The National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) Code of Ethics, more formally referred to as NSSTA’s “Statement of ...

Industry News

Industry Education, Financial Products and Concepts

Should the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA), and its members, be interested in education programs about ...

Industry News

Industry Education, Federal Laws and Regulations

Since its formation more than 25 years ago, one of the defining characteristics of the National Structured Settlement Trade ...

Knowledge Network

Industry Education and Public Benefits

From a structured settlement perspective, a key settlement planning priority is determining how best to integrate structured ...

Knowledge Network

Industry Education and Taxation

Potential tax benefits represent both a fundamental advantage of structured settlements and a rationale for considering ...

Industry News

Industry Education and Stakeholder Perspectives

Following the Spring 2019 National Structured Settlement Trade Association Annual Conference, The Chronicle promised a series of ...

Industry News

An Assessment of the Current Education for Settlement Planning

Following the Spring 2019 National Structured Settlement Trade Association Annual Conference, The Chronicle promised a series of ...